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Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... executive director, global research and consulting at CB Richard Ellis, told Financial Standard that pension funds from Korea, Malaysia and Singapore had been active in the sector. "There are some deals in here from Australian super funds but they are ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... 10 countries in the region, took part in the survey. Consumers were surveyed from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. AIA received the top ranking after consumers were asked two questions. ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... wheat exports, a Chinese firm securing the rights to 2.8 million hectares of the Congo for palm oil production and South Korea has 690,000 hectares in the Sudan for wheat production. It seems that the growing demand for food is presenting an ideal business ...

Asian M&A deals to surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Yap. Reinforcing this, the report highlighted China's move back into new asset management joint ventures along with South Korea and India's regulatory changes. "In China, we can expect new mainland joint ventures, consolidation among smaller firms, and ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... New Zealand will become the sixth market accessible in the Asia-Pacific region, joining Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. During the first quarter of 2010, these markets traded a record volume of more than $4.3 billion. In addition ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
The bulls beat the bears in the continuing tug-of-war for the hearts and minds of investors and speculators everywhere. Shucks! Just when I was already beginning to question the strength of my own positive conviction -- that perhaps there are just way ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... 3408.59. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed higher. Although worries persisted regarding the European debt crisis and tensions over Korea, investors took comfort in a rise in Korean stocks as domestic investors picked up bargains after sharp falls the previous ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Super US consumer to the rescue! Technical rebound. Oversold levels. Buying on dips. Call it whatever you want, the fact is that Wall Street rose from the ashes of a deep 3 per cent-plus slump last night to close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... but still in the red. Earlier in the day concerns about the health of the eurozone and tensions between North and South Korea sent investors fleeing from the stock market into safe-haven investments such as US government bonds. At one point, all 30 of ...